Contaminated-The New Science of Food

There are currently over 786 million hungry people on planet Earth. And while few would deny that world hunger is one of the most important issues facing mankind today, if the solution is left to companies like Monsanto, Aventis, Dow, and DuPont, we may face even greater challenges to the security of our global ecosystem.

With the second Green Revolution well under way, the world's food supply is slowly being transformed by a radically improvised agricultural paradigm. Genetically engineered crops have been introduced into the market without the rigorous testing that many scientists feel is required. The history is instructive:

In 1986, US biotech companies began testing the first genetically engineered food products. In 1993, the FDA declared that GM food was "not inherently dangerous", which gave a green light to biotech corporations who had been developing GM seeds. One year later, the first GM food product, Flavr Savr tomato, was released to enthusiastic US consumers.

But, in Europe, GM food did not win such easy converts. Groups like Greepeace and Friends of the Earth protested the new "Frankenfoods," galvanizing a broad level of public outrage and the eventual policy mandate requiring all modified produce to be clearly labelled.

Despite the highly publicized battle over genetically engineered food, many people are still unaware that many of the products they consume on a daily basis contain genetically modified. In Contaminated, Fritjof Capra, Paul Hawken and Vandana Shiva explain the evolution of the new biotech agribusiness and its potential dangers to the sustainability of the global food supply.




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[motorolarules]

stop giving them money. grow your own

[djsuperstar717]

Great video;

I want to see the whole documentary

[Masonsky123]

@rdzanon Dumbass if I turn off the sound I wouldn't hear the words. Dumbass!!!

[rdzanon]

@Masonsky123

If it pains you so much, turn off the sound.

=O, So difficult

[bradyculous]

BUY ORGANIC

[Masonsky123]

Good video...........but kill the music. I'm trying to gain knownledge not dance my ass off.

[nuavatarmusic]

Thank you for posting this very succinct piece of information.

[StuffedAnimalAdvisor]

@ik999 the video said they are already in trouble...not from any outside forces but the nature of their business.

There is too much food on the market, which decreases the prices. So farmers have to work that much harder to make ends meat.

Now from a science perspective, I agree its dangerous, or at the very least shallow, to just genetic engineer crops just to make it conveinant. Things like making chickens featherless, and having pesticides already in the vegastable.

[jacobromu]

We have been doing genetic engineering all along. Bananas were genetically engineered by selective breeding.

[panthersquad]

@WhirledSol How is this a conspiracy theory? To deny major companies genetically modifying food is just willful ignorance. These things happen, and his statement, "we simply do not have the expertise to judge whether we know what we're doing or not" is very much a reality. If you wake up 15 years from now with terrible cancers cause you'd be eating pesticides, then are you going to consider this a conspiracy theory or are you going to start complaining then?

[WhirledSol]

The great thing about conspiracy theories is that it is so easy to believe them and even easier to criticize them.

[NotLuckyInLife]

All it takes is to add one protein molecule and that is enough for our bodies to see it as not food and just pass it on as a foreign substance and not food.